Posts Tagged ‘skills development Scotland’

Robin Knox and Paul Walton have appointed Hot Tin Roof to provide strategic PR support to launch their new tech startup, Boundary.

The new venture between the Intelligent Point of Sale (IPOS) founders is a smart home security system, bringing affordable protection to homeowners and renters alike. IPOS was sold to iZettle and then acquired by PayPal for $2.2 billion in May 2018.

Hot Tin Roof has been instrumental in the launch of some Scotland’s most influential startups and digital technology enterprises including FreeAgent, Aquila Insight and CodeClan. The agency has worked with a number of key stakeholders from public and private sector to raise awareness of the digital skills gap over the last decade. Most recently it helped to launch Skills Development Scotland’s ‘Digital World’ a STEM and digital skills campaign aimed at teenagers and career changers.(more…)

From ethical hacking to virtual reality, Dundee is at the cutting edge of digital technology and this Thursday (3 March) people of all ages can learn how they could be part of this growing sector.

Leading industry professionals and Scottish technology businesses have teamed up with Skills Development Scotland and Young Scot to offer an insight into the wide variety of careers in this constantly evolving industry. The roadshow is coming to Dundee as part of the Discovering Digital World series, which will visit eight towns and cities across Scotland between February and May.(more…)

‘Girls into Digital World’ is a three-day programme of activities to inspire and engage girls in S3 take up digital careers, running in Edinburgh from 15-17 March 2016.

A group of 36 girls chosen from across Edinburgh will participate in the programme of visits, talks with role models, and “hands on” activities with employers. The new initiative will be run by Skills Development Scotland with partners Microsoft, Standard Life, Edinburgh College and Heriot Watt University.(more…)

A series of interactive roadshows has been launched to showcase the exciting possibilities on offer to young people in Scotland if they pursue a career in digital technology.

Discovering Digital World is a partnership between national youth charity Young Scot and My World of Work, Skills Development Scotland’s online careers information and advice service.

Aimed primarily at secondary school pupils in year groups s1-s3, the innovative series of events will provide attendees with hands-on workshops, masterclasses and engaging demonstrations testing out products and dabbling in coding, design and developing.(more…)

The next generation of Scottish tech stars will have the chance to learn about cyber security and hacking prevention this Christmas through a series of fun and informative lectures.

Over 2000 secondary school pupils from across Scotland are lined up to attend the annual Cyber Security Christmas Lectures hosted by five top universities. The organisers aim to inspire more young people to consider a career in cyber security and Scotland’s wider digital technologies sector.

Cyber security has never been more important and cyber-crime is costing UK firms an average of £4.1 million per incident, up from £3.07 million in 20131. And according to a recent PwC report2, 38% more security incidents were detected in 2015 than in the previous year, and theft of “hard” intellectual property increased 56%. (more…)